Entry Level Site Reliability Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ireland.

📋 Description

• Collaborate closely with engineers to facilitate the development of new features and services.

• Create tools for monitoring the stability and performance of the site.

• Ensure the reliability and scalability of infrastructure while adhering to platform Service Level Objectives (SLOs).

• Diagnose site issues utilizing Splunk, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry.

• Manage and maintain essential datastores, including Cassandra and MySQL.

• Automate infrastructure using Python, Puppet, Git, Jenkins, Terraform, and AI-based tools.

• Create custom tools when standard solutions fail to scale effectively.

• Contribute to open-source projects upstream.

• Engage in light on-call rotations with distributed Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams.

• Enable product teams and developers through automation and self-service infrastructure.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficiency with Linux; while Ubuntu is the primary distribution, any variant is acceptable.

• Strong skills in a modern programming language such as Python, Ruby, Go, Java, or C++.

• Familiarity with or interest in MySQL and/or Cassandra.

• Practical experience with public cloud platforms; AWS is utilized, but Azure or GCP are also acceptable.

• Solid understanding of Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tools, such as Terraform, Puppet, or Ansible.

• Relevant experience with Linux containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes.

• Knowledge of TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, containerization, workload orchestration, datastores, or streaming technologies.

• Awareness of monitoring principles and best practices concerning performance, reliability, and security.

• Exceptional communication and documentation abilities.

• Willingness to ask questions, take initiative, and engage in continuous learning.

• A basic criminal background check via AccessNI is required for applicants from Northern Ireland.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Pension scheme.

• Optional employee stock purchase plan.

• 25 days of paid vacation, increasing to 29 with tenure.

• One floating holiday.

• €150 monthly reimbursement for remote work expenses.

• €86 caregiver reimbursement for dependent care.

• Private health insurance, including dental and vision coverage.

• Flexible working hours.

• Meeting-free Wednesdays.

• Regular three-day Hackathons.

• Bi-weekly learning groups.

• Funding for career growth through productivity spending.

• Opportunities to participate in digital events and conferences.

• €86 per month allocated for qualifying wellness expenses.

• Quarterly team offsite events.